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passing of dmr a.k.a Dennis Ritchie

More sad news - Dennis Ritchie passed away. Not covered in the media like the passing of Steve Jobs (equally sad) but dmr definitely deserves the recognition of all the stuff he invented, coded, built and provided to the tech world.

Oh man! I met Dennis in person, many years ago, and he struck me with his simple manner and easy accessibility as well as his intense personality. Truly one of the greats of IT. More so than Jobs, IMHO. Dennis never stopped inovating on the technical field of software.

Sad news indeed, just been informed that Dennis Ritchie Developer of the C language, Multics and our beloved UNIX operating sytem has passed away. (September 9, 1941 – October 8, 2011).
I have spent 20+ years working as a UNIX Systems Engineer / Admin, thanks to the ground breaking and innovative development Dennis and the rest of the Bell Labs gang laid out in the 70's. RIP Dennis and Thank You!

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Wim Coekaerts is the Senior Vice President of Linux and Virtualization Engineering for Oracle. He is responsible for Oracle's complete desktop to data center virtualization product line and the Oracle Linux support program.